Update: Battle for self-defense rights in other states

Wisconsin Assembly OKs End To Concealed Weapons Ban
November 6, 2003

The Wisconsin Assembly passed early today a bill under which the state's 130-year-old ban on carrying concealed weapons would end.

The Assembly voted 64-to-35 to approve the legislation which the Senate approved last month. But the Assembly made some changes to the bill, which means it must go back to the Senate before it can go to the governor.

Governor Jim Doyle has already threatened to veto the bill.

Missouri: Concealed-weapon law struck down
November 8, 2003

A Missouri law allowing concealed weapons and approved over the objection of Gov. Bob Holden was struck down by a judge who called it unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer said the law violates a clause in the state constitution that says the right to bear arms "shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons." Attorney General Jay Nixon, whose office argued in favor of the law, immediately appealed the ruling.

Commentary:
Many Americans never thought they'd see the day when one individual could thwart the will of the people, a state or national congress, or even the President of the United States. But headlines in recent days present a stunning reality: that day has arrived. God help us.